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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$164M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
835
Grants FY2024
686
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$19,324
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 731
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
48
Total assets, FY2024
$7.8B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Michael & Susan Dell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving657$161M19%
FY2023686$113M30%
FY2022690$127M23%
FY2021731$114M100%
FY20207$121M0%
FY20197$104M14%
FY20187$110Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$512MHealth$151MHuman Services$30MFood & Nutrition$27MPhilanthropy$23MEmployment$22MInternational$22MCommunity Improvement$19MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$59,500,000422%
University of Texas$34,025,5603n/a
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$23,493,094318%
United Way for Greater Austin$5,844,01349%
Tntp Inc$4,891,69842%
Communities in Schools of Central Texas$4,050,00046%
Transcend Inc$3,700,000310%
Texas 2036$3,500,000410%
The Safe Alliance$3,450,00044%
New Schools Fund$3,295,00033%
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All grantees of Michael & Susan Dell Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$59,500,000422%
University of Texas$34,025,5603n/a
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$23,493,094318%
United Way for Greater Austin$5,844,01349%
Tntp Inc$4,891,69842%
Communities in Schools of Central Texas$4,050,00046%
Transcend Inc$3,700,000310%
Texas 2036$3,500,000410%
The Safe Alliance$3,450,00044%
New Schools Fund$3,295,00033%
Foundation Communities Inc$3,051,00043%
Mission Capital$3,016,666466%
Texas Education Agency$2,737,6162n/a
Teach Plus Inc$2,512,99946%
Samaritan's Purse$2,500,00010%
Breakthrough$2,500,00048%
Let's Get Ready Inc$2,363,758421%
Education Analytics Inc$2,230,13436%
National Scholarship Providers Association$2,163,921356%
my529$2,009,7093n/a
International Medical Corps$2,000,00011%
Shalom Austin$1,956,14927%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,900,00010%
Catholic Relief Services$1,750,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,750,00010%
Springboard Collaborative$1,701,50043%
People's Courage International Inc$1,700,000319%
Helping Hand Home for Children Inc$1,640,00045%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County$1,586,20046%
Aff Foundation$1,500,000136%
Deans for Impact$1,500,000421%
Data Quality Campaign Inc$1,500,000223%
3de National LLC$1,500,00038%
Imentor Inc$1,430,72524%
Collegespring Inc$1,425,936430%
Arizou$1,375,316413%
Common Sense Media$1,362,26123%
Blue Engine Inc$1,347,054321%
Amira Learning Inc$1,335,0002n/a
Generation Schools Network Inc$1,334,832318%
International Youth Foundation$1,333,45633%
Meb Alliance for Educator Diversity Inc$1,312,50047%
Innovateedu Inc$1,312,359413%
Coursemojo Inc$1,259,6002n/a
The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group$1,250,000313%
Economic Mobility Pathways Inc$1,240,00034%
Onegoal$1,220,00042%
Turnaround for Children Inc$1,215,764310%
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$1,200,00027%
Nash$1,200,000313%
Npower Inc$1,200,00023%
Great Mn Schools$1,200,000314%
Partnerships for Children$1,135,139412%
Texas Community College Education Initiative$1,121,000229%
Latinos for Education Inc$1,068,984420%
PowerMyLearning Inc$1,050,00036%
Bes Inc$1,050,00035%
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,050,00030%
Denver Public Schools Foundation$1,031,000311%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,000,00010%
School Board Partners$1,000,000224%
Camelback Ventures$1,000,000216%
American Friends of Ogen Inc$1,000,00014%
American Friends of Natal Inc$1,000,00016%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$1,000,00010%
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc$1,000,00027%
Strive for College Inc$999,699317%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$957,2922n/a
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$945,94331%
Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc$942,28333%
Braven Inc$938,87132%
Instruction Partners$900,00023%
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction$900,0002n/a
The Fistula Foundation$900,00014%
The Bottom Line Inc$900,00023%
Digital Promise Global$870,49921%
The Settlement Club$860,00044%
National Association of Charter School Authorizers$856,923310%
Contigo Ed Inc$840,004230%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$830,16020%
Leading Educators Inc$800,00023%
Austin Partners in Education$800,000415%
Achieving the Dream Inc$800,00022%
Chiefs for Change$800,00022%
College Possible Inc$798,59822%
Sustainable Food Center$787,792215%
National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators$782,000368%
Saga Innovations Inc$750,00023%
Promedica Foundation$750,00012%
Palmetto Data Collaborative Inc$750,000294%
Ithaka Harbors Inc$735,00030%
Mercy Ships International$700,00030%
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc$700,00027%
Central Texas Allied Health Institute$650,000211%
Lake Hills Church$620,0004n/a
Austin Child Guidance Center$590,00046%
International Society for Technology in Education$567,00024%
San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc$557,100212%
Regents Univ of California$552,5813n/a
Common Market Philadelphia Inc$551,950116%
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities$550,00012%
America's Promise the Alliance for Youth$550,00014%
Smile Train Inc$550,00011%
Center for Child Protection$542,50042%
Skillpoint Alliance$538,90038%
Sightsavers Inc$521,06117%
Community Partners$505,56430%
Indiana University School of Medicine$500,0011n/a
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$500,00012%
National College Attainment Network$500,00014%
Visionspring Inc$500,00014%
Skillup Coalition$500,00015%
COOP Careers Inc$500,00022%
LEAP Innovations$500,000113%
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc$500,00014%
4point0 Schools$500,000211%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$500,000210%
Cityschools Collaborative$500,00015%
Opportunity 180$500,00022%
Friends of Barzilai$500,000146%
Tri-Angel Unlimited Inc$479,31333%
University of California- Davis$450,6494n/a
Unitus Labs$450,000181%
Orleans Parish School Board$450,0002n/a
Universal Tech Movement$428,822233%
Rodel Charitable Foundation - De$424,50018%
Samaritan Center Inc$400,000416%
Speak Up Africa Inc$400,000245%
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas$400,000118%
E3 Alliance$400,00017%
Pelotonu Inc$400,000122%
Careerspring Foundation$400,000213%
Duet Inc$400,000212%
Cambiar Education$400,00011%
Camden Education Fund Inc$399,30025%
Think of US$398,84023%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$396,00012%
Stepmojo Education LLC$380,0001n/a
Propel America$375,00022%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$374,30512%
Texas Center for Child and Family Studies$372,31542%
IntermediaryEd$367,21310%
DC Greens Inc$365,99724%
The Learning Accelerator$365,468114%
Swipe Out Hunger$359,000213%
Fort Worth Cradle to Career$352,50019%
Education Resource Strategies Inc$350,00031%
NextGen Talent Inc$350,000295%
Beyond 12 Education Inc$350,00013%
Goal Beyond Group Inc$350,0001100%
Integrated Care Collaboration$349,800112%
Huston-Tillotson University$346,33930%
Miami Dade College Foundation Inc$345,34321%
The Foundation for Tulsa Schools$330,00022%
Leon County School District$325,9441n/a
Generation Hope$318,00042%
Urban School Food Alliance Inc$316,470120%
National Louis University$303,06010%
The Holdsworth Center$300,90021%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$300,00010%
South Carolina Network$300,0002n/a
Charter Board Partners D/B/A Education Board Partners$300,000219%
Array Education Inc$300,00011%
Measure Austin$300,000213%
Youthforce Nola$300,00012%
Uaspire Inc$299,00313%
Augsburg University$296,23540%
DC Public Education Fund$277,00023%
Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc$275,71311%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$266,00011%
Onetable Inc$250,00013%
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc$250,00024%
Zaka$250,0001n/a
Congregation Agudas Achim$250,0001n/a
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation$250,00014%
Israel on Campus Coalition Inc$250,00011%
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc$250,00011%
The Fellowship Bmec Inc$249,87315%
San Ramon Valley High School$234,0002n/a
St Catherine University$219,19440%
Abigail E Keller Foundation$213,847132%
College Forward$206,66515%
Partnership for a Healthier America Inc$205,09811%
Western Dakota Technical Institute$200,0512n/a
Buried Alive Project$200,000224%
Walla Walla Public Schools$200,0001n/a
Itrek Inc$200,00012%
America Israel Democracy Coalition$200,00011%
Empower Schools Inc$200,00014%
Tamid Israel Investment Group Ltd$200,00016%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$200,00011%
National Ramah Commission Inc$200,00011%
California State University Foundation$196,59312%
University of Utah$196,5034n/a
Fostering Hope Austin$194,580414%
College Bridge$193,869115%
Texas Christian University$190,73640%
Blue Learning$184,15021%
Trustees of Boston University$183,82640%
Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School$179,81820%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$177,7454n/a
Florida Collaborative on Operational Data for Educators Inc$175,0001n/a
University of Texas at El Paso$166,7814n/a
Spark Sf Public Schools$159,19611%
New York University$158,89540%
Robin Merger Corporation Inc$157,09010%
Tech Goes Home Incorporated$156,82614%
School District of Philadelphia$152,6272n/a
Lee Montessori Public Charter School$151,50011%
Todos Juntos Learning Center$150,00019%
Kentucky Educational Dev Corp$150,00011%
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools$150,0002n/a
Fair Food Network Inc$150,00011%
The Urban Food Initiative Inc$150,00014%
Idp Foundation Inc$150,00013%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$150,00020%
University of Florida$145,6884n/a
Sam Houston State University$143,4924n/a
Emory University$131,90840%
Trustees of Boston College$130,85040%
Lead Public Schools Inc$125,00020%
Enlearn$122,47817%
Northeastern University$120,79940%
Arizona State University$115,2394n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$113,15240%
Setda$112,50024%
North Allegheny School District$110,5952n/a
Mdrc$110,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$109,22340%
Cornell University$106,46840%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$106,00020%
Florida State University$105,0904n/a
The Howard University$101,27840%
The Food Trust$100,00011%
Relay Graduate School of Education$100,00010%
Maui Preparatory Academy$100,00011%
Moishe House$100,00010%
Social Finance Inc$100,00010%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc$100,00015%
More Than Words Inc$100,00012%
Grand Canyon University$99,56940%
Macalester College$96,49340%
Georgetown University$94,98840%
Drexel University$94,09640%
The Miracle Foundation Inc$93,75012%
Lehigh University$92,34540%
University of the Pacific$90,19440%
Trinity University$88,55940%
Learn Fresh Education Co$87,50012%
Wested$85,0001n/a
Ednovate Inc$80,85410%
Regents of the University of Michigan$80,0754n/a
The George Washington University$79,66540%
Texas Womans University$78,3814n/a
Wayside Schools$75,00010%
Highland Lakes Crisis Network Dba Ark of Highland Lakes$75,00014%
University of St Thomas$73,86030%
Dsst Public Schools Foundation$73,78011%
Michigan State University$72,0414n/a
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$67,42040%
St Olaf College$67,28140%
University of Miami$66,65640%
Genesys Works$62,85611%
Houston Independent School District Foundation$62,75012%
Northwestern University$62,45740%
Concordia University St Paul$62,45440%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$61,1904n/a
Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio$60,11340%
Kalamazoo College$59,55140%
University of California Santa Barbara$58,9851n/a
Oral Roberts University$58,97040%
University of Portland$58,25740%
College of Saint Benedict$58,01040%
Foster Angels of Central Texas Foundation$57,50031%
United Schools$56,72012%
Colgate University$56,34340%
University of St Thomas$55,53730%
University of Denver$55,17540%
Great Oaks Foundation Inc$55,00011%
Great Public Schools Now$55,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$54,41240%
University of the Incarnate Word$54,40040%
Yale University$54,1653n/a
Duke University$52,07240%
Rio Rancho Public Schools$50,5751n/a
America's Mighty Warriors$50,00013%
10000 Degrees$50,00010%
The Studio Preparatory Inc$50,00018%
Center for Health Care Strategies Inc$50,00020%
IDEA Public Schools$50,00010%
New Schools for Baton Rouge$50,00010%
Education Design Lab$50,00020%
University of Chicago$49,71640%
St Mary's University$48,99540%
Bowdoin College$46,30040%
Rexanna's Foundation$45,000111%
Barnard College$44,14040%
Wesleyan University$43,68440%
Washington State University$42,4104n/a
California Baptist University$41,74940%
Washington University$40,40030%
Depaul University$40,08240%
William Marsh Rice University$40,03840%
Apne Aap USA Inc$40,000110%
Holy Name Retreat Center$40,00013%
Wellesley College$39,18440%
American University$38,25440%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$37,61840%
University of San Diego$37,09340%
Carleton College$35,52740%
Baylor University$35,00440%
Utah State University$34,7474n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$34,56840%
Austin College$34,08940%
Fordham University$33,99540%
Bucknell University$33,53440%
Concordia University Texas$33,15240%
Babson College$33,02840%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$33,02540%
Southeastern University Inc$32,50030%
Loyola University$32,18540%
Simmons University$32,15940%
Pitzer College$31,00030%
Utah Valley University$30,9323n/a
Centre College$30,66540%
Bethel University$30,65840%
Kansas State University$30,5673n/a
Vassar College$30,48740%
Spark Program Inc$30,00012%
Pomona College$28,84040%
Texas Lutheran University$28,30040%
University of la Verne$27,80230%
Whitworth University$27,50040%
Fresno Pacific University$26,70040%
Southern Methodist University$26,45030%
Lincoln University$26,2504n/a
Swarthmore College$26,08730%
Trustees of Clark University$26,05120%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$26,0002n/a
Houston Christian University$26,00040%
National Public Education Support Fund$25,00010%
Pace University$25,00040%
Silver Spurs Alumni Association Inc$25,00015%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$25,00040%
Rochester Institute of Technology$24,95040%
Vanderbilt University$24,57540%
Syracuse University$24,36620%
High Point University$23,75040%
Oberlin College$23,50040%
University of Rochester$23,19840%
California State University Bakersfield Foundation$23,19130%
Gardner-Webb University$23,10030%
Bethany Lutheran College Inc$23,07940%
Loyola University of Chicago$23,00020%
Willamette University$23,00040%
Limestone University$22,50030%
Eckerd College$22,50040%
Adelphi University$22,50040%
Carnegie Mellon University$22,48140%
Claremont McKenna College$22,34040%
West Texas A&M University$21,5271n/a
Gettysburg College$21,37730%
Unt Health Science Center$21,2703n/a
Bryn Mawr College$20,80140%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$20,63540%
Goshen College Inc$20,00040%
Scripps College$20,00030%
Delaware State University$20,00030%
Avila University$20,00040%
Rhodes College$20,00030%
Young Life$20,00010%
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology$19,99940%
National University$19,91430%
Bentley University$19,50330%
University of Massachusetts$19,0674n/a
Drake University$18,68630%
Saint Michael's College$18,59440%
Loyola Marymount University$18,53720%
University of Redlands$18,50030%
Colorado State University$18,1411n/a
Davidson College$18,13830%
Emerson College$18,11930%
Thomas More University Inc$18,00020%
Sonoma State University$18,0004n/a
Phi Theta Kappa Foundation$18,00011%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc$17,50040%
Denison University$17,50030%
Fort Valley State College National Alumni Association Inc$17,45525%
Seattle University$17,04840%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$16,81040%
DePauw University$16,70420%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$16,52420%
Hawaii Pacific University$16,50040%
Brigham Young University$16,5003n/a
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Inc$16,4903n/a
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$16,26120%
Austin Community College$16,2394n/a
Drew University$16,06030%
Dominican University of California$16,00030%
College of Saint Mary$15,77030%
Lafayette College$15,59730%
Texas Wesleyan University$15,50020%
Western Michigan University$15,5004n/a
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$15,46740%
Lone Star College System$15,3453n/a
The University of Tulsa$15,00030%
The New England College of Optometry$15,00020%
Austin Groups for the Elderly$15,00011%
California Lutheran University$15,00030%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$15,00030%
Newman University Inc$15,00020%
St John's University New York$15,00030%
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc$15,00030%
The Trustees of the Smith College$15,00020%
Mound Farm Holdings Inc$15,00030%
University of Detroit Mercy$15,00030%
Purdue University Global Inc$15,0001n/a
Sweet Briar Institute$15,00030%
University of Northwestern - St Paul$14,97230%
College for Creative Studies$14,72520%
University of San Francisco$14,66540%
Southern New Hampshire University$14,60230%
Gustavus Adolphus College$14,44940%
Westminster University$14,30010%
California State University San Marcos Corporation$13,90010%
Wheaton College$13,74030%
University of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association$13,72824%
Lewis & Clark College$13,67510%
Thomas Jefferson University$13,56030%
Western University of Health Sciences$13,50010%
Earlham College Inc$13,26540%
University of the Cumberlands Inc$13,19620%
D'Youville University$13,17530%
Eastern University$13,09420%
Regis University$13,03630%
Manhattan University$13,00030%
Northland College$12,50020%
The Catholic University of America$12,50020%
Miami University$12,5003n/a
Milwaukee School of Engineering$12,50020%
Providence College$12,50030%
Illinois Institute of Technology$12,09040%
Rockhurst University$11,90030%
College of the Atlantic$11,83320%
Saint Martin's University$11,82630%
Howard Payne University$11,55030%
Harvey Mudd College$11,50030%
Kettering University$11,50030%
Franklin & Marshall College$11,42930%
Appalachian Bible College Inc$11,32330%
Mercy College of Health Sciences$11,25030%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$10,8701n/a
Amherst College Trustees$10,66530%
Xavier University of Louisiana$10,65830%
South Texas College$10,5332n/a
Lycoming College$10,50020%
Columbia College Chicago$10,50020%
Claflin University$10,48910%
University of Wisconsin$10,3063n/a
Pepperdine University$10,00020%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc$10,00020%
Morehouse College$10,00020%
Columbia College$10,00030%
Bard College$10,00020%
George Fox University$10,00010%
Pacific University$10,00020%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$10,00020%
Illinois College of Optometry$10,00010%
Hope College$10,00020%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$10,0002n/a
Distinctive Schools of Illinois$10,00010%
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin$10,0001n/a
University of Dubuque$10,00010%
University of the Ozarks$10,00030%
St Louis University$10,00020%
State University of New York at Binghamton$9,9082n/a
Jacksonville University$9,24920%
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health$9,10610%
Oklahoma City University$9,05630%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$9,00010%
Mount Saint Mary's University$8,97130%
Dominican University$8,75030%
Nova Southeastern University Inc$8,48010%
Illinois Wesleyan University$8,33420%
Park University$8,33220%
Dillard University$8,30020%
Trinity College$8,27030%
University of Richmond$8,23030%
Winthrop University$8,2084n/a
University of Minnesota$8,0002n/a
Parker University$7,81420%
Stevenson University$7,77610%
Lipscomb University$7,50020%
Texas College$7,50020%
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology$7,5001n/a
Carroll College$7,50020%
California County Superintendents$7,50010%
Arcadia University$7,50020%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$7,50010%
Tarrant County College District$7,1472n/a
Simpson College$7,10310%
Hendrix College$7,00020%
Iona University$7,00010%
Alverno College$7,00020%
Schreiner University$6,84510%
Colby-Sawyer College$6,80020%
Colorado State University$6,7001n/a
Williams College$6,65030%
Baylor College of Medicine$6,58510%
Washington & Jefferson College$6,50030%
University of Indianapolis$6,40410%
Holy Family University$6,35020%
Spelman College$6,25010%
Marquette University$6,20020%
Hult International Business School Inc$6,02220%
Chaffey Community College District$5,6004n/a
La Salle University$5,52910%
President and Trustees of Bates College$5,44920%
Saint John's University$5,42420%
Teachers College Columbia University$5,40310%
Yale University$5,1001n/a
Vertical Chapel$5,0001n/a
Mount Mary University Inc$5,00010%
Panoramic Voices$5,00017%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$5,0001n/a
University of Dallas$5,00010%
Dunwoody College of Technology$5,00010%
First Evangelical Free Church of Austin Texas$5,0001n/a
Saint Anselm College$5,00010%
Girlstart$5,00010%
Occidental College$5,00020%
Point Loma Nazarene University$5,00020%
Knowledgeworks Foundation$5,00010%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$5,00010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$5,00010%
The University of Puget Sound$5,00020%
Elmira College$5,00010%
Girls Who Code Inc$5,00010%
Grand Valley State University$5,0001n/a
Aurora University$5,00010%
Rebecca's Wish$5,00011%
McPherson College$5,00020%
Charleston Southern University$5,00010%
Project Worthmore$5,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$5,00010%
University of Pittsburgh$5,00020%
Prevent Child Abuse America$5,00010%
East Texas Baptist University$5,00020%
Salus University$4,59210%
Roseman University of Health Sciences$4,55210%
Kenyon College$4,10720%
Jackson State University$4,0792n/a
Daytona State College$4,0002n/a
Fii - National$4,00010%
Sentara Hospitals$4,00010%
University of Dayton$4,00010%
Champlain College Incorporated$3,75020%
Lynn University Inc$3,75010%
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$3,50010%
Scccd$3,5002n/a
University of Massachusetts Global$3,33310%
Pennsylvania State University$3,2091n/a
Ithaca College$3,00010%
The Trail Conservancy$3,00010%
California Western School of Law$2,81810%
Brenau University Inc$2,75010%
Hardin-Simmons University$2,71210%
USC School of Medicine Greenville$2,5001n/a
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$2,50010%
Curry College$2,50010%
Simpson University$2,50010%
University of Houston$2,5001n/a
McDaniel College Inc$2,50010%
Berkeley City College$2,5002n/a
Lasell University$2,50010%
The Corporation of Mercer University$2,50010%
Linn-Benton Community College$2,5001n/a
Cardinal Stritch University Inc$2,50010%
Southwestern University$2,50010%
Lincoln University$2,50020%
New York Institute of Technology$2,50010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$2,50010%
Pacific Lutheran University$2,50010%
Belmont University$2,50010%
Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc$2,50010%
Bennington College Corporation$2,38210%
Cumberland University$2,23410%
Bellevue University$2,14010%
Stetson University Inc$2,00010%
Wabash College$2,00010%
Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation$2,00010%
Rockford University$2,00010%
The Character Lab Inc$2,00010%
Salt Lake Community College$1,9591n/a
Skidmore College$1,79810%
Nc State University$1,7501n/a
Dallas Baptist University$1,70010%
Virginia Union University$1,60010%
Vanguard University of So Cal$1,60010%
San Jacinto Community College District$1,6001n/a
Liberty University Inc$1,56020%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$1,54510%
The Equality Alliance$1,50010%
Anti-Defamation League$1,50010%
Chinmaya Mission Austin$1,50010%
Society for Science & the Public$1,50010%
Youth Rise Texas Inc$1,50010%
Beloved Community Inc$1,50010%
Out Youth Inc$1,50010%
Santa Fe College$1,1341n/a
University of Hartford$1,05910%
Warner University$1,0001n/a
Saheli$1,00010%
Houston Beagle and Hound Rescue Inc$1,00011%
USA Triathlon Foundation$1,00010%
Suffolk University$85120%
Longwood University$8091n/a
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education$75010%
California Institute of Technology$66610%
Albright College$63810%
Mid-State Technical College$5441n/a
Lupus Research Alliance Inc$50010%
Bibleproject$50010%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$50010%
Coast Community College District$4921n/a
Washtenaw Community College$4721n/a
University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni Assoc$46911%
Sequoias Ccd$4601n/a
Ga Southwestern St Univ$3511n/a
Heidelberg University$26510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 598 recipients with no EIN on record ($543M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCharter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund: $59,500,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetMobile Loaves & Fishes Inc: $23,493,094 over 3y, 18% of budgetUnited Way for Greater Austin: $5,844,013 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetTntp Inc: $4,891,698 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Central Texas: $4,050,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetTranscend Inc: $3,700,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTexas 2036: $3,500,000 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetThe Safe Alliance: $3,450,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetNew Schools Fund: $3,295,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetFoundation Communities Inc: $3,051,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetMission Capital: $3,016,666 over 4y, 66% of budgetTeach Plus Inc: $2,512,999 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $2,500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBreakthrough: $2,500,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetLet's Get Ready Inc: $2,363,758 over 4y, 21% of budgetEducation Analytics Inc: $2,230,134 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetNational Scholarship Providers Association: $2,163,921 over 3y, 56% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetShalom Austin: $1,956,149 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,900,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,750,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpringboard Collaborative: $1,701,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetPeople's Courage International Inc: $1,700,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetHelping Hand Home for Children Inc: $1,640,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County: $1,586,200 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetAff Foundation: $1,500,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetDeans for Impact: $1,500,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetData Quality Campaign Inc: $1,500,000 over 2y, 23% of budget3de National LLC: $1,500,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetImentor Inc: $1,430,725 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCollegespring Inc: $1,425,936 over 4y, 30% of budgetArizou: $1,375,316 over 4y, 13% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $1,362,261 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBlue Engine Inc: $1,347,054 over 3y, 21% of budgetGeneration Schools Network Inc: $1,334,832 over 3y, 18% of budgetInternational Youth Foundation: $1,333,456 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMeb Alliance for Educator Diversity Inc: $1,312,500 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetInnovateedu Inc: $1,312,359 over 4y, 13% of budgetThe Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group: $1,250,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetEconomic Mobility Pathways Inc: $1,240,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetOnegoal: $1,220,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTurnaround for Children Inc: $1,215,764 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetCal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation: $1,200,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetNash: $1,200,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNpower Inc: $1,200,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGreat Mn Schools: $1,200,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetPartnerships for Children: $1,135,139 over 4y, 12% of budgetTexas Community College Education Initiative: $1,121,000 over 2y, 29% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gates FoundationWA78.5× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Walton Family Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Council of Independent Colleges · New Schools Fund · Ecmc Foundation · New Profit Inc · Greater Texas Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Michael & Susan Dell Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Michael & Susan Dell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

How much does Michael & Susan Dell Foundation give?
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation reported 835 grants totaling $163,778,073 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 731 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Michael & Susan Dell Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (59%), Health (17%), Human Services (3%).
Who are Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($60M), University of Texas ($34M), Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc ($23M).
Does Michael & Susan Dell Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Michael & Susan Dell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Michael & Susan Dell Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Michael & Susan Dell Foundation based?
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1250 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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